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ARMENIA : Poll: Opposition Better Off With a Single Candidate

78 percent of Armenians believe that the country’s existing opposition groups should unite and nominate a joint candidate in the 2008 presidential elections, allowing him/her to draw more considerable votes from the population. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

Job Market to Improve in Armenia

an approximate 5.5 percent job increase is expected in the Armenian labor market in 2007. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

ARMENIA : U.S. Pushes for the Replacement of Metsamor Nuclear Plant

Washington finds replacement of the Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP) in Metsamor a necessity, reported Panarmenian, citing the U.S. Charge d’Affairs in Armenia, Anthony Godfrey. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

Armenian-Azeri Relations Thawing?

"For the first time in the 17 years-long break, the Azerbaijani delegation  has overcome the psychological barrier and crossed the separating line between the parties to the Karabakh conflict". -- 07/01/2007 >>>

AZERBAIJAN: Poll: Only Small Fraction in Karabakh Would Accept Autonomy

The majority of the polled (95%) believe that in the result of the peace settlement, Nagorno Karabakh should either become an independent state or join ranks with Armenia. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

Report: Azerbaijan Source and Transit Country for Human Trafficking

According to the 2007 U.S. State Department Report on Trafficking, Azerbaijan is a source and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

Belarus Plans to Increase VAT in 2008

In preparation for the 2008 budget proposal, different measures for reduction of the overall tax burden are being investigated in the Byelorussian government. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

BELARUS: EU stripped Belarus of Trade Preferences

As of June 21, a decision of the EU Council of Ministers excluded Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) over violations of workers rights. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

BELARUS: Poll: Lukashenka Still Standing Strong

According to a sociological poll conducted in May by the Independent Institute of Social-Economic and Political Research (IISEPR), registered in Lithuania, despite the “gas conflict” with Russia, the Byelorussian President still enjoys the support of the majority of the country’s population. -- 07/01/2007 >>>

GEORGIA: Abkhaz Prime Minister Survives Alleged Assassination Attempt

The prime minister of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, was the target of a Fugas remote-control bomb, a group of Abkhaz academics and intellectuals alleged in a statement on June 27. -- 07/01/2007 >>>
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